Clinical Staging
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| Clinical Staging | |
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| Term | Clinical Staging |
| Short definition | Clinical Staging - (pronounced) (KLIH-nih-kul STAY-jing) A method of determining the cancer stage (how much or how far the cancer has spread in the body) through tests done before surgery. These include physical exams, imaging tests, laboratory tests (such as blood tests), and biopsies |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Clinical Staging - (pronounced) (KLIH-nih-kul STAY-jing) A method of determining the cancer stage (how much or how far the cancer has spread in the body) through tests done before surgery. These include physical exams, imaging tests, laboratory tests (such as blood tests), and biopsies
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